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ECB dampens talk of multiple rate hikes: BRUSSELS AFP — European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet distanced himself Wednesday from suggestions of a series of interest rate rises in the eurozone ahead of an expected 25-basis-point hike next month. "I did not say that we would envisage a series of increases, I did not say that,"...; Tags: bank, Brussels, council, European Parliament, FINANCE, inflation; Research articles 2008-06-25
TRANSPORT COUNCIL : MINISTERS APPROVE NEW GALILEO SATNAV PROJECT DEAL.: With no unpleasant surprises, the EU's transport ministers, gathered for their Council meeting in Luxembourg on 7 April, unanimously ratified the informal agreement, concluded with the European Parliament several days earlier, on Galileo, the European satellite navigation programme. The agreement was welcomed with a thundering "Vive...; Tags: agreement, Council, European Parliament, regulation; Research articles 2008-05-13
AGENDA.: INSTITUTIONS18-21 February - European Parliament plenary session Strasbourg 25-26 February - Competitiveness Council Brussels 28 February - Energy Council Brussels 3 March - Environment Council Brussels 10-13 March - European Parliament plenary session Strasbourg ...; Tags: Brussels, Council, European Parliament, Luxembourg, Slovenia; Research articles 2008-02-07
TRANSPARENCY : ACCESS TO EU DOCUMENTS REMAINS LIMITED.: Access to public documents of the EU institutions is neither truly transparent nor effective, according to the European ombudsman and certain NGOs. The European Parliament is currently preparing an own-initiative report requesting a review of the existing legislation. Nikiforos Diamandouros was invited to Brussels...; Tags: commission, Council, European Parliament, regulation, SALES; Research articles 2007-12-14
BUDGET 2008 : PARLIAMENT CALLS COUNCIL'S BLUFF ON GALILEO.: The European Parliament, meeting in plenary session on 25 October in Strasbourg, voted at first reading on the EU's 2008 draft budget. The assembly raised the funding proposed by the Council in all spending headings see table. In accordance with the Budgets Committee's...; Tags: Council, EP, European Parliament, FINANCE, financial, satellite; Research articles 2007-11-22

AGRICULTURAL POLICY : MEPS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY ON FUTURE POLICIES.: The new Treaty confers upon the European Parliament powers that are to be shared with the Council of Ministers in many areas, including agriculture (Article 4 TEU). As was foreseen in the discarded Constitutional Treaty of 2004, the new document extends the co-decision procedure...; Tags: agriculture, Council, European Parliament, SALES, Treaty; Research articles 2007-11-09
INSTITUTIONS : INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THE NEW TREATY.: The EU's draft reform Treaty of Lisbon incorporates into its Treaty on the European Union' section, in Article 9, the bulk of the innovations on the EU institutions which would have figured in the Constitution. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT The text states straight...; Tags: commission, Council, European Parliament, president, SALES, Treaty; Research articles 2007-11-02
AGRICULTURE : MEPS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY ON AGRICULTURE.: The draft reform Treaty of Lisbon that was approved by the heads of state and government of the EU in Lisbon confers upon the European Parliament powers that are to be shared with the Council of Ministers in many areas, including agriculture. As was...; Tags: agriculture, Council, European Parliament, Government, SALES; Research articles 2007-11-02
RAIL TRANSPORT : THIRD RAIL PACKAGE ADOPTED.: The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have approved the Third Railway Package. The MEPs, gathered in plenary session in Strasbourg on 25 September, gave their assent to the agreement that was concluded with the Council on 21 June conciliatory committee on this legislative package,...; Tags: agreement, Council, directive, European Parliament; Research articles 2007-10-11
EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY : ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EP AND COUNCIL ON EIT REGULATION.: The Portuguese EU Presidency has confirmed that almost all the ingredients are in place for an agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the regulation to set up a European Institute of Technology. Speaking at the meeting of the Competitiveness Council on...; Tags: agreement, Council, European Parliament, Government, regulation, Regulations; Research articles 2007-10-05
FISHERIES : PORTUGAL CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHING.: Portugal is a country "of the sea" and Jaime Silva, the Portuguese minister for agriculture, rural development and fisheries and president of the Fisheries Council until 31 December 2007 has every intention of making sure that this fact is reflected in the work of the next...; Tags: agreement, Council, European Parliament, Portugal, president, quota; Research articles 2007-09-07
European Union external trade policy: multilevel principal-agent relationships.(Report): Trade policy throughout the developed countries is increasingly characterized as an area of contentious politics. One need only think of the numerous antiglobalization protests and vociferous calls for more transparent policy to see that there is a transnational movement to make trade and other areas of...; Tags: agent, agreement, commission, Council, European Commission, European Parliament, G., Government, government, incentive, M., negotiation, Principal, Treaty; Research articles 2007-08-01
FISHERIES POLICY : PORTUGAL CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHING.: Portugal is a country "of the sea" and Jaime Silva, the Portuguese minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries and president of the Fisheries Council until 31 December 2007 has every intention of making sure that this fact is reflected in the work of the next...; Tags: Council, European Parliament, president, quota; Research articles 2007-07-26
AGENDA.: Council of Ministers Agriculture Council The following points will be discussed at this session: - Presidency Work Programme. Presentation - Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the placing on the market of a potato product (Solanum tuberosum...; Tags: agreement, Agriculture, commission, Council, European Parliament, Regulation, SALES, wine; Research articles 2007-07-13
ROAD SAFETY : HEAVY LORRIES SAFER AS OF MARCH 2009.: The draft directive calling for anti-blind spot mirrors to be retrofitted' to heavy lorries currently in operation was expected to be approved late on 11 May in first-reading. A compromise has already been agreed upon between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, and was...; Tags: commission, Council, directive, European Parliament, SALES; Research articles 2007-06-14
TRANSPORT COUNCIL : MINISTERS REACH POLITICAL AGREEMENT ON MARITIME SAFETY.: Maritime issues were topping the agenda at the 7 June session of the Council of Transport Ministers in Luxembourg. The ministers dealt primarily with the Erika III Package relating to maritime safety. Three political agreements were adopted on this package: on proposals for directives relating to...; Tags: Council, European Parliament, minister, Strategy, vessel; Research articles 2007-06-08
COUNCIL REPEALS DIRECTIVES.(Brief article): On 21 May, the Council decided to repeal the so-called knots in the wood' directive (68/89/EEC). In the future, it will be up to standardisation organisations to define wood criteria for the industry. At the same time, it has also repealed the EU regulation on...; Tags: commission, Council, European Parliament, Government, regulation, Regulations, SALES; Research articles 2007-05-31
EP VOTE ON PREPACKED PRODUCTS.: The European Parliament, on 10 May, voted in favour of a proposal to deregulate pack sizes for prepacked products with the exclusion of wine and spirits for which EU legislation on mandatory sizes exists. The Council's common position of December 2006) was accepted by MEPs as ...; Tags: Council, European Parliament, exclusion; Research articles 2007-05-31
EU DIARY.: 21 - 22 May - 'Competitiveness' Council 21 - 24 May - European Parliament, plenary session Strasbourg 24 - 25 May - Informal 'Urban development and territorial cohesion' Council Leipzig 30 - 31 May - Employment, Health and Consumer Affairs...; Tags: Brussels, conference, Council, DES, environment, European Parliament, Luxembourg, NETWORKING, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-05-16
EP VOTE ON PREPACKED PRODUCTS.: The European Parliament, on 10 May, voted in favour of a proposal to deregulate pack sizes for prepacked products with the exclusion of wine and spirits for which EU legislation on mandatory sizes exists. The Council's common position of December 2006 was accepted by MEPs as ...; Tags: Council, European Parliament, exclusion; Research articles 2007-05-16